Tag Archives: DTS

An update of the WordPress site architecture was causing all of the embedded videos we have posted to display only the now archaic and out-dated code instead of the actual videos. This has now been corrected, both on the video pages and in various posts.

Of special note are two new Maasai worship songs recently posted: one sung by the students of my recent CCBTI class and one written during this year’s DTI session. So if you haven’t seen those yet, we invite you to take a look.

While we spent a week earlier this month in the bush with our Discipleship Training Institute, I started singing the chorus “Holiness, Holiness is what I long for …”, except I sang it in Maa and taught to the DTI students and our dear friends Francis Yenko (the DTI Director) and Moses Mashipei (the DTI Assistant Director). It made for great campfire music, along with the song of the night-time grazing zebra, under the Southern Cross.

One of our favorite ministry opportunities has always been time spent with our DTS (Discipleship Training School). In order to avoid confusion with the similar ministries of YWAM (Youth With A Mission) that use the same name, we just changed the name to Discipleship Training Institute (DTI).

We’ve just spent a week out in the bush with the DTI. Ruth has written a delightful blog post that touches on our time there. And check back here later for another update.

We missionaries are often asked to describe our typical day. That may be the hardest question we’re ever asked. We tend to have multiple responsibilities in multiple locations and vocational ministry can be full of surprises. But we do understand why the question is asked. So since it has been awhile since we’ve shared a general ministry summary about our day-to-day and month-to-month work, we thought it might be helpful to some of you for us to do that. So if you’re interested, please read our update here.

One of many baptisms that came about from the ministry of the DTS students this year.

Emaisisi Olaitoriani lang!“Let us all praise our Lord together!”

We have some wonderful news to share with you about the ministry among the Maasai, especially concerning the Discipleship Training School (DTS). Read the full update here. We are also in the process of putting together a website just for the DTS. We will let you know when that is available.

We’ve been “home” in America since April … and consequently, we are homesick for our home and life in Kenya. Being able to reconnect with family and supporters has been great, but we also miss our life and work in Kenya.

For those of you who haven’t signed up for our email updates, it has been a while since we last wrote. Much has happened since then with meetings, teaching classes, curriculum research and writing, and family life. Scattered throughout has been a lot of questioning and learning. …

… It was the right question, and they had much to say on the issue of character. …